Tart with a cart? Older song shows Dublin's Molly Malone in new light
Eighteenth-century book containing earliest known version of unofficial anthem tells different story
The Dublin wits who dubbed the statue of Molly Malone, above, "the tart with the cart", as soon as she appeared on their streets, may not have been far off the mark.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Sunday, 18 July, 2010
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